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Who's Who from Detachment A-244 (Dak To/Ben Het) (Partial Draft)
The following is a listing of all personnel in our database, assigned to Detachment A-244 (Dak to/Ben Het). If you were assigned to A-244 or you can correct any errors or can add any names or [ESPECIALLY HELPFUL] identify the assignments for the names at the last page of the list shown as "Assignments Unknown," or if you have any rosters, please let me know by e-mail at (sherman1@flash.net) or by phone at (281) 879-5688 or
Narrative Information: The first PCS Detachment A7/1 took over the Dak To camp from A1/322 around 01/20/66. Dak To had been first opened in May, 1962 and had been occupied, off and on by TDY teams from the 1st and 7th SFGA. For information on the earlier TDY teams at Dak Pek see the previously published monographs on 1st SFGA and 7th SFGA TDY teams. A 1st SFGA team closed the camp in January 1965 and A1/322 reopened it about the time Dak Sut was overrun in August 1965. The PCS team was redesignated A-244. It had an augmentation team from B-57. The Dak To area was the scene of heavy fighting by the 4th Infantry Division and 173rd Airborne Brigade in 1967 and by the IICTZ Mike Force in 1969. The camp was relocated further west to Ben Het in January 1968 and the Dak To camp was closed o/a 5/15/68. It was converted to 95th Border Ranger o/a 12/31/70. Dak To and Ben Het were both located in Dak To District, Kontum Province.
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | SFX | RNK | FROM DATE | TO DATE | DUTIES | REMARKS | STAT |
DETACHMENT COMMANDER | ||||||||
Earle | Richard H | CPT | 01/03/66 | 05/01/66 | DET CO | A7/01 A-238 med-evaced? | YE. | |
Weinfurter | Robert J | CPT | 05/01/66 | 09/01/66 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Miller | William L | Jr | CPT | 09/01/66 | 02/25/67 | DET CO | DEC | |
Gossett | Larry S | CPT | 02/22/67 | DET CO | DEC | |||
Braddock | Jimmy L | CPT | 09/23/67 | 01/15/68 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Matthews | Lorraine C | Jr | CPT | 01/09/68 | 05/28/68 | DET CO | A0Y | |
O'Neil | William D | 1LT | 05/07/68 | 08/16/68 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Moroney | John F | III | CPT | 08/10/68 | 12/21/68 | DET CO | DEC | |
Francoeur | Paul E | 1LT | 11/24/68 | 03/01/69 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Kingsley | Louis P | CPT | 02/08/69 | 06/18/69 | DET CO | DEROS 2/4/70 medevaced? | DEC | |
Noble | Eric V | CPT | 06/20/69 | 08/05/69 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Krommenhoek | Pieter J | CPT | 08/05/69 | 12/21/69 | DET CO | YE, | ||
Martinez | Segundo C | CPT | 10/30/69 | 05/15/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Kjonnerod | Leif E | CPT | 05/15/70 | 07/17/70 | DET CO | YE. | ||
Brady | William H | CPT | 07/07/70 | 11/30/70 | DET CO | DEC | ||
Lockard | Robert A | 1LT | 11/30/70 | 12/31/70 | DET CO | YE. | ||
DETACHMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICER | ||||||||
Rasmussen | Delbert T | 2LT | 01/05/66 | 07/01/66 | DET XO | A7/01 | DEC | |
Berry | Robert H | 1LT | 07/01/66 | 09/01/66 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Poe | William H | 1LT | 07/12/66 | 12/09/66 | DET XO | YE, | ||
Sutherland | Garrell E | 1LT | 03/30/67 | 07/13/67 | DET XO | or B-57 | DEC | |
Littleton | Sammy L | 2LT | 04/14/67 | 07/13/67 | DET XO | YE, | ||
Moore | George W | 2LT | 07/14/67 | 10/04/67 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Powers | Cecil H | 1LT | 10/20/67 | 10/18/68 | DET XO | DEC | ||
Leopold | Stephen R | 2LT | 04/01/68 | 05/09/68 | DET XO | captured & released | YE. | |
Boynton | Jeffrey A | 'Bo' | 1LT | 09/09/68 | 02/11/69 | DET XO | YE. | |
Linnane | Michael D | 1LT | 02/12/69 | 06/01/69 | DET XO | YE, | ||
Thorne | Ronnie E | 1LT | 04/01/69 | 08/22/69 | DET XO | & ACTING CO | DEC | |
Baker | Barry N | CPT | 05/15/69 | 12/01/69 | DET XO | Extension? | DEC | |
Kjonnerod | Leif E | CPT | 10/12/69 | 05/15/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
Cash | Thomas A | 1LT | 06/01/70 | DET XO | YE. | |||
Lockard | Robert A | 1LT | 09/01/70 | 11/30/70 | DET XO | YE. | ||
CIVIL AFFAIRS/PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS | ||||||||
Reed | Donald J | 1LT | 06/01/66 | 01/02/67 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Wineteer | Gary G | 2LT | 01/01/67 | 10/24/67 | CAPO | and DET XO | DEC | |
Bakody | John T | Jr | 1LT | 10/23/67 | 04/07/68 | CAPO | YE. | |
McKechnie | Ewen | 1LT | 01/09/68 | CAPO | YE. | |||
Battersby | William H | III | 1LT | 04/08/68 | CAPO | YE, | ||
Aslanian | Roy C | 2LT | 10/04/68 | 03/28/69 | CAPO | A0Y, | ||
Cook | David D N | 1LT | 01/22/69 | 07/01/69 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Sapp | Joel V | 1LT | 03/01/69 | 06/08/69 | CAPO | YE. | ||
Andrews | Donald F | 2LT | 08/05/69 | CAPO ASST | DEC | |||
Cash | Thomas A | 1LT | 11/15/69 | CAPO | YE. | |||
Allen | John E | 1LT | 11/20/69 | 11/19/70 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Wallace | Jon R | 1LT | 06/01/70 | 09/01/70 | CAPO | Y, | ||
Edwards | Vernon D | 1LT | 07/14/70 | 09/01/70 | CAPO | DEC | ||
Foss | Reginald G | SGT | 01/03/66 | LT WPNS/CA | A7/01 | DEC | ||
Houston | David | SP4 | 05/20/66 | 05/19/67 | MEDIC | CA AUG | ||
Sims | Larry D | SSG | 06/17/66 | 01/01/67 | CAPO NCO | DEC | ||
TEAM SERGEANTS | ||||||||
Klink | Wallace L | 'Wally' | MSG | 01/03/66 | 06/01/66 | TM SGT | A7/01 to C-2 | DEC |
Aldridge | Thomas M | MSG | 06/01/66 | 01/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Taylor | James T | "Smokey" | MSG | 06/01/66 | 01/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | |
Huff | Frank C | SFC | 09/01/66 | 12/01/66 | TM SGT | KIA | ||
Roy | John W | MSG | 01/01/67 | 04/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Newton | Wylie H | MSG | 04/28/67 | 09/01/67 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Board | Edgar W | MSG | 01/01/68 | TM SGT | DEC | |||
Aldridge | Thomas M | MSG | 03/01/68 | 10/13/68 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Rosalee | Bobby | MSG | 09/01/68 | TM SGT | Y. | |||
Dunham | Bobby J | SFC | 12/01/68 | 01/08/69 | TM SGT | KIA | ||
Serrano | James D | MSG | 01/12/69 | 12/16/69 | TM SGT | & C-4? | DEC | |
Powers | Charles C | MSG | 06/21/69 | 12/01/69 | TM SGT | to ben het? | DEC | |
Smith | Bucky N | MSG | 05/01/69 | 08/01/69 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Trout | Ralph R | Jr | MSG | 05/01/69 | 10/01/70 | TM SGT | DEC | |
Kope | Joseph R | SFC | 10/23/69 | 04/23/70 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Smith | Bucky N | MSG | 02/10/70 | 08/09/70 | TM SGT | DEC | ||
Gillis | Gerard T | 'Top' | MSG | 10/01/70 | 12/31/70 | TM SGT | DEC | |
INTELLIGENCE | ||||||||
Cobley | Warren W | SFC | 01/03/66 | 07/08/66 | INTEL | A7/01 | KIA | |
Johnson | Robert R | SFC | 06/01/66 | 01/08/67 | INTEL | YE, | ||
Mayse | Carl A | SFC | 12/17/66 | 09/01/67 | INTEL | YE. | ||
O'Hara | Thomas M | SSG | 05/01/67 | 04/11/68 | INTEL | YE. | ||
Waters | Medicus R | "Muddy" | SFC | 03/01/68 | 09/01/68 | INTEL | & TM SGT | DEC |
Spence | Floyd A | SFC | 02/11/69 | 07/01/69 | INTEL | YE. | ||
Beal | Ralph C | SFC | 09/10/69 | 09/06/70 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Nash | Ronnie V | SFC | 05/01/70 | 07/01/70 | INTEL | DEC | ||
Carreon | Daniel | SSG | 06/01/66 | 12/16/66 | INTEL/A | A0Y | ||
Secosky | Stanley J | Jr | SP5 | 01/01/68 | INTEL/A | DEC | ||
Klemm | Richard R | SSG | INTEL | DEC | ||||
Bishof | John S | SP5 | 09/01/70 | 10/31/70 | INTEL/A | YE | ||
WEAPONS | ||||||||
Corpuz | Edward | SFC | 01/03/66 | 06/01/66 | LT WPNS | A7/01 | YE. | |
Jones | William R | SFC | 01/03/66 | 01/02/67 | HVY WPNS | A7/01 | DEC | |
Drummond | Emanuel F | Jr | SSG | 03/01/66 | 08/01/66 | LT WPNS | KIA | |
Gross | Donald P | SFC | 09/08/66 | HVY WPNS | YE, | |||
Lechak | Frederick J | SFC | 01/01/67 | 06/14/67 | LT WPNS | KIA | ||
Mills | Larry G | SSG | 06/01/67 | 01/30/68 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Frost | Nathaniel | "Jack" | SSG | 09/01/67 | 12/01/67 | HVY WPNS | YE, | |
Marich | Thomas L | SP4 | 09/01/67 | 10/01/67 | LT WPNS | YE. | ||
Kennedy | Curtis G | SSG | 11/01/67 | 05/01/68 | LT WPNS | Y, | ||
Minton | Denver G | SFC | 12/01/67 | 02/01/68 | LT WPNS | YE. | ||
Grier | Richard V | SFC | 01/01/69 | HVY WPNS | YE. | |||
Knudtson | Olney A | SFC | 06/07/69 | 06/06/70 | WPNS/TM SGT | DEC | ||
Peterson | Jerald L | SSG | 04/01/70 | 12/31/70 | LT WPNS | DEC | ||
Gilliam | Robert J | SP4 | 07/20/69 | 07/19/70 | LT WPNS | |||
RADIO OP | ||||||||
Bolton | Robert L | III | SSG | 01/03/66 | 09/01/66 | RAD OP | A7/01 | DEC |
Hill | Brian T | SP4 | 01/03/66 | 01/02/67 | RAD OP | A7/01 | YE. | |
Poston | Wilford E | SGT | 01/01/67 | 05/19/67 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Robinson | Jerry L | SP4 | 01/01/67 | RAD OP | ||||
Stapp | Kirk A | PFC | 01/01/67 | RAD OP | MED-EVACED | YE. | ||
Dixon | Gary M | SGT | 02/01/67 | 09/14/68 | RAD OP | |||
Fahling | Raymond H | SFC | 06/01/67 | RAD OP | DEC | |||
McCain | Michael C | SSG | 11/02/67 | 05/09/68 | RAD OP | A-502? | KIA | |
Nuber | Gerard E | SGT | 05/01/67 | 10/01/67 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Williams | John T | SP5 | 05/01/68 | 08/01/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Williams | John T | SP5 | 08/01/68 | 10/01/68 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Monday | Carol E | Jr | SSG | 07/26/68 | 07/25/69 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Machata | Rudolph G | "Mike" | SSG | 01/01/69 | 05/23/69 | RAD OP | KIA | |
Lapsley | James T | SFC | 03/01/69 | 10/05/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Jakubiak | Raymond P | 'Ray' | SGT | 07/06/69 | 07/07/70 | RAD OP | YE. | |
Kjera | Curtis A | 'KJ' | SGT | 09/13/69 | 09/12/70 | RAD OP | extended to 12/31/70? | DEC |
Barnes | Jerry F | SGT | 09/16/69 | 09/15/70 | RAD OP | and A-245 | DEC | |
Batton | William T | SSG | 07/01/70 | 09/15/70 | RAD OP | DEC | ||
Smith | Jeffrey R | SGT | 11/01/70 | 12/16/70 | RAD OP | YE. | ||
Whitaker | Orvil R | III | SGT | 12/1/70 | 01/21/71 | RAD OP | YE. | |
DEMO | ||||||||
Thomas | Billy W | SSG | 01/03/66 | 07/01/66 | DEMO | A7/01 medevaced | DEC | |
Dunn | Creighton R | SP4 | 07/27/66 | 10/29/66 | DEMO | KIA | ||
Parmentier | Albert G | SFC | 04/01/67 | 05/01/67 | DEMO | YE, | ||
Tuttle | Robert E | SSG | 01/01/67 | DEMO | No orders | YE, | ||
Lett | James l | SFC | 01/11/68 | 04/01/68 | DEMO | DEC | ||
Bates | Harvey R | SSG | 01/01/68 | DEMO | DEC? | |||
Wambach | Brad | SSG | 07/01/69 | 04/25/70 | DEMO | YE. | ||
MEDIC | ||||||||
Hasselblad | Carl D | "Doug" | SP4 | 01/03/66 | 01/02/67 | MEDIC | A7/01 | A0U |
Payne | Floyd E | SFC | 01/03/66 | 09/01/66 | MEDIC | A7/01 | Y. | |
Tiffany | Jack S | SGT | 09/01/66 | 05/15/67 | MEDIC | YE | ||
Stapp | Kirk A | PFC | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | YE. | |||
Hill | James G | SP5 | 01/01/67 | MEDIC | REF CLARK | DEC | ||
Blair | Joseph R L | SSG | 01/01/67 | 06/14/67 | MEDIC | KIA | ||
Gobush | Daniel S | SFC | 06/01/67 | 01/01/68 | MEDIC | Y | ||
Reichmuth | Carl M | SGT | 08/01/67 | 02/01/68 | MEDIC | YE | ||
Brandon | Arthur L | Jr | SSG | 12/01/67 | 04/01/68 | MEDIC | YE, | |
Haggard | William B | SGT | 01/01/68 | MEDIC | DEC | |||
Simpson | Harold B | "Buck" | CPL | 02/01/68 | 06/01/68 | MEDIC | YE. | |
Herholz | William J | SGT | 08/01/68 | 09/01/68 | MEDIC | YE. | ||
Gobush | Daniel S | MSG | 09/01/68 | 01/01/69 | MEDIC | Y | ||
Ashley | William G | "Glenn" | SGT | 01/01/69 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Kopac | Roger S | SGT | 08/19/69 | 08/18/70 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Lovell | Atlas A | SFC | 03/01/70 | 12/31/70 | MEDIC | DEC | ||
Powers | John F | SGT | 05/01/70 | 12/31/70 | MEDIC | A0U | ||
MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS/ASSIGNMENTS | ||||||||
Wedwick | Robert W | 1LT | 12/01/65 | 11/30/66 | ENG OFF | 41CA ATTD | YE. | |
Hollis | Johnnie L | SSG | 01/01/66 | 01/01/67 | DAK SUT | 6 MAN Dist Adv | DEC | |
ASSIGNMENTS UNKNOWN | ||||||||
Lechak | Frederick J | SFC | 01/01/67 | 06/14/67 | WPNS | KIA | ||
Winninger | Frederick C | SP5 | 01/01/69 | 01/01/70 | NO ORDERS | DEC | ||
B-57 Augmentation | ||||||||
Clark | Allen B | Jr | CPT | 03/01/67 | 06/17/67 | @A-244 | FN:Allen Copley | YE |
Fisers | Arturs | SGM | 05/21/67 | 05/22/68 | @A-244 | Med-evaced 6/17/67 | DEC | |
Guild | William B | MAJ | 06/27/67 | 02/02/68 | @A-244 | TM LDR | DEC | |
403rd SOD (Radio Research) Augmentation | ||||||||
Watts | Clifton E | PFC | 09/28/66 | 09/14/67 | 05H | @A-244 | YE. | |
Vincent | Norris C | SSG | 09/28/66 | 09/27/67 | 05H4S68 | @A-244 | DEC | |
Rose | Kenneth E | "Butch" | SSG | 09/28/66 | 09/27/67 | 05H4S58 | @A-244 | YE |
Holzer | Robert M | SSG | 10/01/67 | 06/01/68 | 05H4S68 | @A-244 | DEC | |
Prodoehl | Paul | SP5 | 10/01/67 | 06/01/68 | 05D4S | @A-244 | YE. | |
Vincent | Norris C | SSG | 10/28/67 | 08/01/69 | 05H4S68 | @A-243 | DEC | |
Seal | Douglas C | SGT | 04/23/68 | 10/23/68 | 05H4SW7 | 400S @A-244 | YE. | |
Fuller | J B | 04/23/68 | 10/23/68 | 05H | 400S@A-244 | DEC | ||
Semmler | James W | "Bo" | SSG | 10/15/67 | 02/01/69 | 05H2P | @A-244 | Y |
Korner | Robert E | SSG | 03/31/69 | 04/14/70 | 05H4S73 | @A-244, A-236, A-239,C-4, A-423, B-43 | DEC | |
Neese | Leslie H | SSG | 06/18/69 | 04/15/70 | @A-244/B-24 | |||
31st Engineer Det KB Team #4 (December 1968- September 1969, Ben Het) | ||||||||
Hager | James E | CPT | 07/15/68 | 02/15/69 | KB4 TM LDR | |||
Fravel | John F | Jr | CPT | 07/19/68 | 03/24/69 | KB4 TM LDR | A0Y | |
Rast | Robert E | SFC | 09/23/68 | 09/19/69 | KB-4 62B4S | @A-255 | DEC | |
Domingue | Chester P | SFC | 01/21/69 | 08/23/70 | KB-4 | & @C-4 | DEC | |
Scoppa | Thomas J | SFC | 12/06/68 | 12/05/69 | KB4 51H4O | @A-244 | DEC | |
Thompson | Robert | SP5 | 01/01/69 | KB-4 ENGR | ||||
Kleeschulte | Toby M | SP5 | 01/01/69 | KB-4 | @A-244 | DEC | ||
Sedli | Gary M | SP5 | 01/05/69 | 01/04/70 | KB-4 SPVR | @A-244 | ||
Terry | Charles F | SP5 | 04/30/69 | 05/28/70 | KB-4 | @C-2 | ||
MAP OF A-244 (DAK TO, BEN HET) | ||||||||
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